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Practical Tools for Control,
Survival, and Success
Thursday, June 18, 2015
9:00am–4:30pm
Los Angeles City College (Student Union Building)
The California Community Colleges Small Business Sector
Program is bringing the Profit Mastery curriculum to
California Community Colleges by providing FREE training
to enable faculty to deliver the Profit Mastery curriculum
to their students.
Profit Mastery is the internationally-recognized 16-hour “Mini MBA in
Finance” that has enabled hundreds of thousands of business owners
to drive up the two most critical elements of their business: improved
profitability and increased cash flow. The unique Profit Mastery curriculum
links together the income statement and the balance sheet in a way that
is eye-opening to business owners and gives them the ability to truly gain
control of their businesses.
The curriculum is delivered through live, facilitated-video programs led by
Certified Facilitators, and is also available online as a self-study model. These
two delivery methods can also be combined to enable faculty to deliver part
of the program in the classroom, with students completing the rest online,
and then coming back together for in-class discussion and review.
Profit Mastery Facilitator Certification training will be held
on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Los Angeles City College.
This program includes one day of live training, presented by Rod Bristol, an
internationally-respected financial trainer, plus eight hours of online, selfstudy via streaming HD-video. At the end of the training, each participant
will be Certified to utilize the Profit Mastery curriculum with their students.
There is no cost for this instruction, and the course includes the Profit
Mastery workbook (a $195 value) and lunch on the 18th.
This course also qualifies for 7.5 hours of CPE credits for CPAs.
More info or register at www.smallbusinesssector.net/events
Register Today!
Contact Charles Eason, Director, Doing What Matters,
[email protected] (707) 863-7846
“We found Profit Mastery
to be a unique and practical
way to learn about financial
management. All of us are in
agreement that this is a course
we will be recommending to
our peers, and we encourage
incorporation at other
institutions. Every graduate
should feel as confident
in their understanding of
business as we do after
completing this course.”
— C. Wendt, Washington State
University
“The course was an
overwhelming success with
students. The material was
comprehensive, providing
a complete set of tools to
understand, analyze and
manage the financials of any
company. The format was
entertaining enough to keep
the students fully engaged,
and it was effective, as
evidenced by the progress and
performance of the students
throughout the semester.”
— Terry Cornelison, SBDC,
WSU Research and Technology
Practical Tools for Control, Survival, and Success
Thursday, June 18, 2015
9:00am–4:30pm
Los Angeles City College (Student Union Building)
How You Can Use the Curriculum
LIVE
Most faculty and students think of finance as being boring, but the Profit Mastery video curriculum enables you
to present finance in plain English, taking complex financial concepts and converting them to simple, yet powerful
financial decision-making tools, and, students have fun in the process! (Really!)
Profit Mastery gives you, the faculty member, the ability to take your students through a powerful analytical journey through a
company’s financial statements. Your students learn about the primary causes of business success-or failure. You will help them
underscore the importance of routinely measuring the financial health
of their business and how to quickly identify problem areas. You will help
them marry together an income statement and balance sheet into incredibly
powerful “management intelligence”. Using the unique Profit Mastery
financial Road Map, the program will help your students discover key areas
in business that may need immediate attention. Your students will be able
to identify ways to increase cash flow and profitability-and that’s more
good news!
Do business owners know how costs behave in their business? We firmly
maintain that this information must be “walking around in your head”
knowledge. Not only does the behavior of costs have a significant impact
on profitability, but it also impacts your students’ marketing strategies.
For example, business owners need to understand:
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If their rent increases, how much will they need in sales to cover the additional costs?
If they raise prices, how much could their sales drop but still learn the same profit?
If their sales decrease, how much and where will they need to cut costs to maintain their current profitability?
How much will they need to sell if they want to earn a specific profit?
Break-even analysis is the powerful tool that makes short work of these questions. The Profit Mastery curriculum will give you the
tools to enable your students to master one of the most simple (yet often misunderstood), practical financial tools available to
businesses today.
Historically, business owners have been poorly prepared when they approach a financial institution for a loan, and are often too
busy to even hear a few of the banker’s ideas regarding the importance of a strong balance sheet. Those who sit across the desk
from their banker, showing preparation and efficiency in their business, have a much greater chance of leaving the bank with a
positive outcome. You will enable your students to take specific action steps to improve their business efficiencies, and have an
understanding of how to better prepare to deal with their financing partners. They will learn how to communicate with them in their
“language” and to get to that happy three letter word, YES!
Included with this information are testimonials from both faculty and students who have completed the Profit Mastery curriculum.
You will find the student reaction to be highly positive and that is very unusual for a finance course! Profit Mastery gives you the
ability to deliver financial acumen to students in a highly efficient, very professional manner.